“As the strata of the earth preserve in succession the living creatures of past epochs, so the shelves of libraries preserve in succession the errors of the past and their expositions, which like the former were very lively and made a great commotion in their own age but now stand petrified and stiff in a place where only the literary palaeontologist regards them.” MadeAgeEarthPastCreaturesRegardErrorsLibraryFormerPreservesShelvesSuccessionLivelyLiving Creatures Book:On the Suffering of the World Source: On the Suffering of the World
“The animals share with us the privilege of having a soul Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have one living creature fed by the death of another! In the midst of such wealth as earth, the best of mothers, provides, yet nothing satisfies you, but to behave like the Cyclopes, inflicting sorry wounds with cruel teeth! You cannot appease the hungry cravings of your wicked, gluttonous stomachs except by destroying some other life.” SoulBodyEarthMotherWealthAnimalShareCreaturesPhilosophicalSorryPrivilegeFleshWoundsHungryTeethBehaveWickedMidstFedsDestroyingGreedyAlasWickednessCravingLiving CreaturesAppeaseAnimal LifeAnimal CompassionCramming Author:Pythagoras
“As the first human to land on any world outside the Earth, and probably the first living creature of any sort to come from the Earth and reach the Moon, his legacy will be safe as long as intelligent life survives in this corner of the cosmos.” WorldFirstsHumansLongEarthLandMoonSafeCreaturesIntelligentCornersLegacyCosmosLiving CreaturesIntelligent Life Author:Hugh Downs
“In its permission to man to render subject to him all other living creatures of the earth, it continued the cruelty of the barbarian and the pagan, and endowed these with what appeared a divine authority.” MenEarthReligionSubjectsDivineCreaturesAuthorityCrueltyPermissionPaganBarbariansLiving CreaturesCreatures Of The Earth Book:Views and Opinions Source: Views and Opinions